News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff It’s been a while since I posted News & Notes, and I apologize. I don’t even have a really good excuse. I’ve just been concentrating on… Read more »
Tag: Naomi Novik
In the Dragon’s Eye: League of Dragons
In the Dragon’s Eye is where I share the books I’ve got my acquisitive eye on: the ones I’m really excited about and hope to read and perhaps add to the hoard. I also link to “Waiting On” Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Cover links take you… Read more »
News & Notes – 3/05/16
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News PEN America to Honor Toni Morrison (GalleyCat) A complete list of the 2016 PEN literary award winners can be found here. The 2015 Nebula Awards… Read more »
Monster and Book: Dragons & Temeraire
This post was originally published as a guest post for Michelle’s Monster and Book series over at Because Reading Is Better Than Real Life. In it, I take a look at dragons (of course!) — specifically the dragons in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. I’m not sure when I first became interested in… Read more »
Ten SF/F Books I’d Love To See On The Screen
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I’d Love to See as Movies/TV Shows. There are quite a few fantasy and science fiction books/series that I think should be made into films or TV shows –… Read more »
Tough Traveling: Beloved Mounts
Each Thursday, inspired by ‘The Tough Guide to Fantasyland’ we have in hand, we shall tour the mystical countryside looking for adventure and fun (and tropes) from all over fantasy. (Hosted by Nathan at Fantasy Review Barn) Beloved Mounts Fantasy is full of “mounts” of various sorts – and full… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors Who Deserve More Recognition
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Authors Who Deserve More Recognition. Over half of my choices for this topic are older authors (two are dead) who were active in the mid- and late 20th century. … Read more »
His Majesty’s Dragon, by Naomi Novik
His Majesty’s Dragon Series: Temeraire #1 on March 28, 2006 (paperback) Pages: 353 Add to Goodreads Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs… April 11, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★★